Archive for December, 2010
Sad WaPo Desperation
‘At A Loss: Repeat and Rinse’
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Some time a few months ago the Washington Post switched my Sunday-only delivery to 7 days a week without asking my approval. Although I’d dropped daily delivery about a year ago for a variety of reasons, I didn’t make a stink about it – [...]
Lack of Statehood Keeps DC off of GQ’s “50 Worst States”
‘Yes We Can – DC Statehood’
courtesy of ‘Wayan Vota’
Not having statehood – or voting rights or, well, really any sort of semblance of border-drawing respect – finally has a benefit! As GQ counts down the 50 worst states, the District’s lack of inclusion in that “state” category saved it from the ever-so-darling satire of Gentlemen [...]
First Look: Ba Bay
‘Ba Bay, Sunday Night’
courtesy of ‘Madame Meow’
Ever since Locanda abruptly closed last summer, I’ve been anxious to see what would open up in its place. I would walk by the giant picture window every few weeks and there Locanda would sit, fully made up for service knowing full well it wouldn’t be serving anyone anytime [...]
Nats make overnight contract moves, part ways with Dunn
‘Adam Dunn’courtesy of ‘Max Cook’
Yesterday evening at midnight was the end of season deadline for the Nationals to agree to contracts with their arbitration-eligible players, and the Nats let Chien-Ming Wang, Wil Nieves (Who?) and Joel Peralta go without a contract. The Nats did agree to contracts to Jesus Flores and Alberto Gonzalez for the [...]
Holiday Decorations At The Four Seasons
If you’re looking to get into the holiday spirit and be inspired by gingerbread amazement, you’ll find no better place to go then the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown.
On display until December 12, the hotel’s lobby is festooned with 10 holiday-theme trees and vignettes, created by Washington’s best interior designers and children/teenagers living with cancer, [...]
Food Truck Tracker
‘useless degree?’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Lots of options out there today. Grab a scarf and a hat and some thermal undies and check them out.
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Downtown Holiday Market opens today
‘Downtown Holiday Market Beads’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
The Downtown Holiday Market returns this year, featuring a variety of local shop owners, crafters, and other businesses in an outdoor market format centered at 8th & F NW. The market is open daily from noon until 8, and will also have a pretty eclectic range of [...]
Adams Morgan Hotel project in trouble
‘Old Steps’courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
Facing a shortfall, even imaginary spending becomes unpopular with legislators, and yesterday the finance and revenue panel of the DC council killed a $61M proposed tax abatement for a hotel project in Adams Morgan that was to have incorporated the First Church of Christ Scientist at Euclid & Champlain NW. The [...]
We Love Presents: A District Holiday Gift Guide
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
Hanukkah is well under way and Christmas is in three weeks, which means that the annual shopping spree of the Holiday Gifting Season is upon us. That also means it is a great opportunity to get out and support the local economy and community by spending your gift dollar with local shops, [...]
Disappointment Among US Soccer Fans as World Cup ‘22 Not Coming Stateside
‘US World Cup Bid Announcement Newseum’
courtesy of ‘levypuck’
It took until about the 11th hour for the news to finally come in from Zurich, Switzerland, where FIFA officials had gathered to select and announce the host nations for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The announcement at 11 o’clock yesterday morning was broadcast to a gather [...]
Caps Lose to Stars on Disallowed Goal
‘20100202 Ovie getting chippy’
courtesy of ‘Dan4th’
The Washington Capitals lost to Dallas last night, the victims of a Texan robbery. With only 7 seconds to go, defenseman John Carlson’s shot looked like it would sent the game into overtime just as Stars defenseman Karlis Skrastins and Caps winger Alex Ovechkin got tangled up and plowed into [...]
Free Food Alert: Pound Coffee serving free coffee this Saturday
‘His and Hers?’courtesy of ‘Mylar Bono’
To celebrate their February arrival date on Pennsylvania Avenue SE, DC coffee shop Pound Coffee will be setup in front of their new address and will be handing out free Kickapoo coffee to all comers between 8am and 12pm. Pound will have some tough nearby competition at Peregrine Espresso, but [...]
Holiday Concert Guide: Winter 2010
‘5.8.10′courtesy of ‘Paige Weaver’
There’s a special place in my heart for the winter concert season. In this, our darkest time of year, we band together to bring light and life to our evenings, and to provide joy in what is our coldest, loneliest time of year. Since I was small, this time of year has [...]
DC Water awarded Patent for Blue Plains process
‘DC Water’courtesy of ‘erin m’
DC Water yesterday announced that they have received a patent on the new method of treating wastewater with aerobic and anaerobic processed, sexily titled “Method for Treating Raw Sludge Including Simultaneous or Pulsed Aerobic/Anoxic Digestion.” The method produces low odor compost-like biosolids, degrades microconstituents within biosolids and removes nitrogen from the [...]
We Love Weekends, December 4-5
‘Holiday Market 1′
courtesy of ‘Tony DeFilippo’
Tom: This weekend is a big one. Friday night I’m seeing the band we talked about this fall, Atomic Tom at Jammin’ Java. I’m excited for our first Christmas in our new house, and that means we need a Christmas Tree. As it happens, Café Saint-Ex is having a Christmas Tree sale to [...]
A Modest Proposal for the Washington Monument
Prominent security figure Bruce Schneier has a suggestion for how to best deal with terrorism fears and the Washington Monument: Close it to visitors entirely.
The concrete fence around the building protects it from attacking vehicles, but there’s no visually appealing way to house the airport-level security mechanisms the National Park Service has decided [...]
Metro shortens timeline to meet NTSB recommendations
‘Order is repetition of units…..’courtesy of ‘LaTur’
Metro’s Finance & Administration committee today approved a $15.7M “budget reprogramming” to shorten the process to meet the NTSB recommendations after last July’s fatal train crash. Included in the budget modification is the replacement of the track circuits that lead to the issue, installation of event recorders onboard the [...]
Food Truck Tracker
‘Lunch from Korean Food Truck’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
Baby, it’s cold outside. But not too cold to go out and get some lunch.
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Relive your childhood at Wonderland Ballroom tonight
‘DC Meetups – 09-03-22 – Your Move’
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
Tonight at Wonderland Ballroom, at 7PM, relive your misspent youth with “Show & Tell: An Evening of Nostalgery from the 80’s and 90’s.” Hosted by Hillary Buckholtz, the event will feature TV theme singalongs, an 80’s/90’s dance party, trivia, toys, and snacks. And Buckholtz has procured some [...]
Liquid Lessons
‘Every Food Fits – Master Mixology’
courtesy of ’staceyviera’
The “silly season” is upon us, as a friend likes to call the December holiday rush. Suddenly everyone wants to get together and social opportunities are crammed into every evening in a frenzy before year’s end. You definitely need some relief mixed into that crazy cocktail of fun [...]
